Tonda Couple Explained

Ja Kanji:	翔んだカップル
Ja Romaji:	Tonda Kappuru

Type:	manga
Author:	Kimio Yanagisawa
Publisher:	Kodansha
Demographic:	Shōnen
Magazine:	Weekly Shōnen Magazine
First:	March 19, 1978
Last:	March 11, 1981
Volumes:	15

Type:	live film
Director:	Shinji Sōmai
Released:	July 26, 1980

is a Japanese manga series by Kimio Yanagisawa. It won the 1979 Kodansha Manga Award for shōnen. It was adapted into a 1980 film directed by Shinji Sōmai and starring Shingo Tsurumi and Hiroko Yakushimaru.

Cast

• Shingo Tsurumi
• Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Toshinori Omi
• Mariko Ishihara
• Hiroshi Madoka
• Hiroyuki Sanada
• Mieko Harada

Awards

3rd Kodansha Manga Award

• Won: Shōnen

2nd Yokohama Film Festival^[1]

• Won: Best Actress - Hiroko Yakushimaru
• Won: Best New Director - Shinji Sōmai
• Won: Best Screenplay - Shōichi Maruyama
• 2nd Best Film^[2]

Notes and References

1. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/02-1980/02_1980_shou.html . ja:第２回ヨコハマ映画祭 １９８０年日本映画個人賞 . 2010-03-29 . . Japanese . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151208070729/http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/02-1980/02_1980_shou.html . 2015-12-08 .
2. Web site: http://homepage3.nifty.com/yokohama-eigasai/02-1980/02_1980_best10.html . ja:１９８０年度 日本映画ベストテン. 2010-03-29. Yokohama Film Festival. Japanese.